Clutch Non Grata, Need Help! Options

[thespacepanda]

Ok, so the other night I was driving around and I was sitting at a red light with my clutch all the way in and the car in 1st. The car started to move forward like an automatic and when I tried to take it out of gear I couldn't pull it like the clutch was out. I did the only thing I could which was push the brake and let go of the clutch, killing the car. This happened once and didn't happen again until yesterday, when it started doing it more frequently. Here's the raw symptoms:

• Car shifts just fine at speed
• Clutch engages even though pedal is in
• Only does it while sitting still with clutch pedal all the way in
• Pedal loses almost all pressure after dying but regains after pumping a few times

DEATH said that he had a similar problem and replacing the slave cylinder fixed the problem. Any ideas?

[Batman722]

the slave is right in the front of the tranny. There is a hard line that wraps around and feeds into it. If you open your hood and look down you should see it right under the radiator hose.

[thespacepanda]

the slave is right in the front of the tranny. There is a hard line that wraps around and feeds into it. If you open your hood and look down you should see it right under the radiator hose.

You are my personal hero.

[thespacepanda]

Cool. So that's my first attempt. Here's the big question:

Is the slave cylinder located inside the gearbox or more importantly, do I have to take the gearbox off to get to the slave cylinder? (I don't know what it looks like or where it is)

no the slave cylinder is bolted onto the outside of the gearbox.

if you open your hood, look down to where your gearbox and engine meet up, you will see either a little blue or brown slave cylinder.

sorry i dont have a good picture to show you where it is located, but i think you can find it.

Good luck

But what about the master cylinder? I'm guessing the gearbox has to come off for that. I shoulda replaced it when I did my clutch but there are a lot of things I wish I knew then that I know now.

This post has been edited by thespacepanda: Feb 12, 2008 - 5:58 PM

[thespacepanda]

Thank god I don't have to drop the tranny. I've never bled the clutch hydraulic system before. I'll probably ask my friend at the shop how to do that cuz I assume it's complicated. Then again I have made incorrect assumptions before....

But what about the master cylinder? I'm guessing the gearbox has to come off for that.